It is fishing. I haven’t been out in a few days thanks to this robust economy. I have been weighing my options. Dave Navarro weighed his and put a gun to his head. I am a little more conservative and decided it was time to break out the last of my Cuban cigars. Nothing like a 20 dollar, oh now…

There has been an amazing site to behold here in the Keys! Mutton Snappers are spawing! Spawning occurs in July and August.

Mutton snapper spawn at the same site and the same lunar calendar days, year after year. The number of eggs released is dependent upon the size of the female. After spawning, the adult fish will move offshore to deeper…

Sometimes even we don’t have any idea of what is on the line, but if we get excited you can damn well be sure it’s something good!  We fish about 200 to 250 charters a year and if you see me taking out my camera, coming down the bridge to shake your hand, or screaming that, “It’s the fish of a…

Dolphin fishing is turning into the summer time pattern. The fish may be 25 to 30 miles out.One boat may find them find them while a boat a mile away will not. Last Friday we were out, but the thunder storms forced us in after a couple of hours.

Yellowtail snapper fishing is still good. The mutton snapper are starting to…

Tarpon season has been winding down a bit during the past week or so and now we are focused firmly on catching Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon all in the same day. The winds will begin to shift back to the more favorable southeast to east winds this weekend and that should really turn the fish on…

All in all, the 2009…

Like Forrest’s Mother always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”  Well, it applies to fishing just as well as life.  In fact, I think going fishing is a good comparison to life.  It teaches patience, acceptance, and sportmanship.  You learn as you go…  there’s no “fishing school” to go to, it…

The hot bite on Mutton Snapper around the local deep reef and wreck area has been the ticket for most local charter boats recently. Nice Snaps up to 25lb have been hitting the docks in the area all week and should continue for the next few weeks. Mangrove and Yellowtail Snapper have been biting good also on the shallower reef…

Winds out of the west for the past 2 weeks have been pushing the offshore action out to the 20 mile range and beyond so this past week I have been fishing the backcountry. Trout fishing has been fast with jacks and ladyfish mixed in. Fishing mostly with lures lots of fish on the drift. A school of black drum…

I went down to the seven mile marina this morning and ran into a guy looking for a half day charter. I turned him on to a few boats to fill his needs plus a weather forecast to plan his trip. While I sat there drinking some coffee, a crew that reads my blog shows up with a bottle of…

Mark and Rhonda Addison was fishing with us today and had a great day offshore. We were 18.5 miles offshore and the weed beds were thick. Lots of big dolphin are hanging under them but you better bring the live baits to draw the bites! We headed out at a 175 drgree heading from Big Time Bait and Tackle. We…